Hi-Lite Park
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Opening in 1956 and closing circa 1985, Hi-Lite Park was an amusement park in Geelong, Australia, located on the corner of Bellarine Street and Ritchie Boulevard, near Eastern Beach, where the tram terminus once stood.
It was a very popular foreshore attraction in Geelong, comparable to Luna Park, Melbourne. The Hi-Lite Park was closed in the late 1980's with the new redevelopment of the Eastern Beach precinct; nothing remains of the former Hi-Lite Park.
In December 2006, a ferris wheel reported as the largest non-permanent ferris wheel in the southern hemisphere was erected in the same area in which Hi-Lite Park once stood.
It was imported from overseas by the Verfurth family who run Hi-Lite Amusements, having also operated Hi-Lite Park under the ownership of first-generation showman Emile Verfurth.[citation needed]
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